2023-04-20 10:57:13
Surprise visit by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to kyiv on Thursday. It was his first visit since the start of the Russian invasion more than a year ago. He comes to demonstrate the support of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization of which Denmark is a member. The latter has promised the delivery of 14 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.
On the Russian side, Sergei Lavrov, thee Russian Foreign Minister, is in Havana. The Russian thus continues a diplomatic tour in Latin America, and thus wishes to demonstrate to the world that Russia is not isolated on the international scene.
In kyiv, a flash of lightning crossed the night last night, which caused the brief triggering of the anti-aircraft alert. The origin would be a meteorite but was initially the subject of many speculations.
Another question raised by the American think tank Institute of the Study of War this morning: is Russia “putting order” in its security services? According to the analysis of the ISW, several elements suggest this, including checks and arrests of personnel within the country’s internal security services.
Yesterday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky traveled to the border with Belarus and Poland, the latest in a long series of trips made in recent weeks. “It is an honor for me to be here today to thank our border guards for protecting the state border”the president wrote in a commentary to a video.
“For the protection of our state in Bakhmout. I know how firmly you held Bakhmout”he added, referring to this city in eastern Ukraine that has become the epicenter of clashes with Russian forces in recent months.
Russia used Belarus, a close ally of Moscow, to launch its offensive against Ukraine on February 24, and is considering placing nuclear weapons in the country.
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